Improvement in barbersj chairs



' E. BERN-INGHAUS.

Barber's Chair. "No. #307,099.

Patented Aug. 20, 1878.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBERS CHAIRS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 207,099, dated August20, 1878; application filed March 18, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUGENE BERNINGHAUS, of Cincinnati, in the county ofHamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Barbers Chairs, which improvement is fully set forth in the followingspecification and accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a sideview of my chair. Fig. 2 is a front view, and Fig. 3 a perspective View,of levers for adjusting the seat of the chair.

The object of my invention is to furnish a chair which is so constructedthat the seat thereof can be adjusted to any desired angle by means oflevers placed on three sides of the chair, and which is also simple andcheap, and can be easily operated by either the foot or by hand, as maybe desired.

In the manufacture of my chair I provide a lever, A, which is hinged tothe front crosspiece of the chair at B. The lever A is provided with aseries of notches, and the free end of the lever is bent downward andfurnished with a step, A.

Directly below the notches G ears I) are formed, to which the middlepoint of a cross horizontal lever, E, is hinged. The ends of thiscross-lever pass through slots in the side pieces X of the chair, andare held in position against the upper part of the slot by means ofsprings F. The lever E is also prevented from moving out of the slots bystops G on the side of the lever. I then fasten a cross-piece, J, whichis provided with two extension-pieces, H, and a connecting-bolt, I,

to the front part of the chair-seat. The connecting-bolt I is used as apawl for engaging in the notches G of the lever A.

In operating the chair it will be seen that if a downward pressure isapplied on the step A the pawl I will be released from the notches G,and the seat of the chair can then be thrown forward or backward to anyangle. The pawl I can also be disengaged from the notches by pressingdownward upon either end of the cross-lever E, thus enabling the personso desirin g to adjust the chair-seat from either side or from the backof the same.

I am aware that the application of the lever A and the notches thereinto a chair are not new, and I do not therefore lay any claim thereto;but I am not aware that cross-lever E has ever been used or claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the chair-base, the tilting body or seat, the leversH and A, notched as described, and the spring cross-lever E, centrallypivoted to the lever A, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this16th day of March, A. D. 1878, in the presence of witnesses.

EUGENE BERNINGHAUS.

Witnesses:

HENRY J. HARROP, J. S. ZERBE.

